1 Kings 16 · Verse 13

1 Kings 16:13

For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
1 Kings 16:13, King James Version

1 Kings 16:13 in other translations

BSBThis happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
WEBfor all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and with which they made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
ASVfor all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and wherewith they made Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
YLTconcerning all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, that they sinned, and that they caused Israel to sin to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, with their vanities.
DARBYfor all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and wherewith they made Israel to sin, provoking Jehovah the God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
BBEBecause of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish acts.
WebsterFor all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

What does 1 Kings 16:13 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 For all the sins of Baasha - We see why it was that God permitted such judgments to fall on this family. Baasha was a grievous offender, and so also was his son Elah; and they caused the people to sin; and they provoked God to anger by their idolatries.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 16:1-14

This chapter relates wholly to the kingdom of Israel, and the revolutions of that kingdom. God calls Israel his people still, though wretchedly corrupted. Jehu foretells the same destruction to come upon Baasha's family, which that king had been employed to bring upon the family of Jeroboam. Those who resemble others in their sins, may expect to resemble them in the plagues they suffer, especially those who seem…

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1 Kings 16:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֶ֚ל'elbecause ofH413
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
חַטֹּ֣אותcha.Tot[the] sins ofH2403
בַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'BaashaH1201
וְחַטֹּ֖אותve.cha.Totand [the] sins ofH2403
אֵלָ֣ה'e.LahElahH425
בְנ֑וֹve.Noson hisH1121
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
חָטְא֗וּcha.te.'Uthey sinnedH2398
וַאֲשֶׁ֤רva.'a.Sherand whichH834
הֶחֱטִ֙יאוּ֙he.che.Ti.'uthey caused to sinH2398
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לְהַכְעִ֗יסle.hakh.'Isto provoke to angerH3707
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם\׃be.hav.lei.Hemwith vanities theirH1892

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Cross references for 1 Kings 16:13

  • Deuteronomy 32:21

    They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

  • 1 Samuel 12:21

    And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

  • Isaiah 41:29

    Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

  • 1 Kings 15:30

    Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.

  • Jeremiah 10:15

    They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:19-20

    What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

  • Romans 1:21-23

    Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

  • Jeremiah 10:8

    But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

  • 2 Kings 17:15

    And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

  • 1 Corinthians 8:4

    As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

  • Jonah 2:8

    They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

  • Jeremiah 10:3-5

    For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

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in provoking.
15:30
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De 32:21; 1Sa 12:21; 2Ki 17:15; Isa 41:29; Jer 10:3-5,8,15
Jon 2:8; Ro 1:21-23; 1Co 8:4; 10:19,20

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Context

  • 1 Kings 16:12

    Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,

  • 1 Kings 16:13

    For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

  • 1 Kings 16:14

    Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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1 Kings 16:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por todos los pecados de Baasa, y los pecados de Ela su hijo, con que ellos pecaron é hicieron pecar á Israel, provocando á enojo á Jehová Dios de Israel con sus vanidades.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
à cause de tous les péchés de Baësha et des péchés d’Éla, son fils, qu’ils avaient commis et par lesquels ils avaient fait pécher Israël, pour provoquer à colère l’ Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, par leurs vanités.
German
Elberfelder 1871
wegen all der Sünden Baesas und der Sünden Elas, seines Sohnes, die sie begangen und wodurch sie Israel sündigen gemacht hatten, so daß sie Jehova, den Gott Israels, reizten durch ihre nichtigen Götzen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
propter universa peccata Baasa, et peccata Ela filii ejus, qui peccaverunt, et peccare fecerunt Israël, provocantes Dominum Deum Israël in vanitatibus suis.